Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Swine flu

Swine flu had been in the world news for a very long time. Hardly did I believe that it would take a flight to India. Today newspapers report the death toll which has been increasing at an exponential rate. People are worried; there is an outbreak of panic amongst the throng.

Well let us have a detailed look at some serious effects of swine flu
1. People not wearing masks tend to avoid people wearing them as if that poor chap would uncover his face and blast off on their face.

2. Some people are getting inspired by the mask wearers to wear one even after watching the health minister’s interview where that poor fellow tries to explain how useless masks are against swine influenza.

3. Two third of the population have their faces covered. Big prizes to guess who’s who :) Wow an awesome idea for the news channels to start an SMS contest to guess ‘Who’s behind the cover’!

4. There are a few who are shy enough to wear a mask so you find them covering up their nose with their fingers. I wonder do they imagine a honeybee for a swine flu virus! God someone please tell those idiots that millions of viruses could pass through the huge space between their fingers.

5. News channels are feeling safe. Hello! Safe not against the virus but from the trouble of hunting for some new masala.

6. All schools shut for a week. WOW! Exclaims my cousin, who is happy to have got a week-long vacation to try out all the latest pc games.

7. All colleges shut too. This is pretty much visible with a lot of jobless college students wasting time on stupid facebook quizzes. Well the studious ones are blessing the benefactor (virus) because of which they got seven whole days to study!

8. All government officials warned to be safe. Oh yea! So its party time for all our babus as they have been spoon-fed with a new excuse to shirk off their ‘work’.

9. A bad time for the government, they are being continuously nagged by the media to get a detailed report of their “measures”. Come on media it’s a virus not terrorists inside the TAJ! First get the babus at the government hospitals for their lax attitude.

10. Hospitals remind me of the sight of the long queues for admission in junior colleges.

11. Not to forget one major effect, Raviraj has a new article ready for his blog. Courtesy: Swine flu. :P

Be safe ;)